Re: [PEDA] "Find and Set Testpoints"

2002-08-22 Thread Michael Reagan (EDSI)
I agree with Ian, the testpoint feature is pretty much useless. I also found the testpoint report to be incomplete and inaccurate. For those reasons, I have my customers generate a separate schematic page with nothing but testpoints. The clear advantages are you can control clearances, to

Re: [PEDA] Netlist output to Protel from Orcad 9.1?

2002-08-22 Thread Michael Reagan (EDSI)
I am not sure if Protel will support the latest version of CIS 9.2 . I had some import problems with 9.1 only because one of my customers managed to create a hierarchy of virtual schematics that even I didn't understand. This customer is a high level math major with no design experience so

Re: [PEDA] "Find and Set Testpoints"

2002-08-22 Thread Robert M. Wolfe
Mike & Ian, Yup another 100% agree, if a design requires test points I put them all as parts in the schematic otherwise the way Protel handles doing them from all aspects is pretty much absolutely useless from a design standpoint. I played around a bit early on to see if I could get something work